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And that took him to the place many call, the medical marijuana research capital, israel. it might surprise you, but actually research into cannabis and epilepsy started here in the 1970s with studies that showed it could reduce convulsions in rats. today shackleford is hoping to start clinical trials in humans there. >> we need to understand it well enough that they won't be reluctant to, at least, give it a thought. at least try it. >> and it is not just epilepsy. but researchers in israel are studying a variety of illnesses. >> when we come back, what they're finding, up close. and an amazi...

♪ smoking in the boys' room ♪ smoking in the boys' room >> all right. new dangerous smoking e-cigarettes. battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine. especially popular with teenagers. >> the cdc, sounding the alarm, worried that e-cigarettes will condemn children to a lifetime of addiction. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: the first tv ad from big tobacco in 40 years. >> perfect puff. hits the airwaves in colorado this month. the product made by r.j. reynolds, a high tech device that promises the pleasures of smoking without lighting up. >> now daye the electronic cigarettes. ac...

Metamucil. 3 amazing benefits in 1 super fiber. ♪ welcome back. as diana would say time for "insomniac theater." high brow entertainment, and the other one a sci-fi sequel. >> first up, riddick, and vin diesel. the title character. this time he has been left for dead on a scorched planet where he got fierce slimy creatures to survive. to escape he activates an emergency beacon that draws two sets of bount incompetent hunters out to get him. one team includes the only woman in the film. >> grant any last wishes? >> i was a friend to you. >> not that the chains aren't a hot look, but no, i'm...

>> they found it by -- there were three different ways of looking for this. one they had a lighted item which was a kind of a dome with circulating lights. this was supposed to attract the squid to the lights. somebody else washed up a squid and put the squid in the water and the third head another squid on a baited and filmed all of this. >> covering all your bases. >> that was the idea because other expeditions have tried in the past to do this and all of them have failed up to this point. the lighting up worked marginally well but what it meant was there was a robot camera that got this ima...

You did have to dissociative disorder, they called the reality of the condition of blackness in america was having double consciousness. within the context of american racism, it would be tough to say. more in just a moment. but first, it's time for a preview of "weekends with alex witt."preview of "weekends with alex witt." hello, michael -- i'm sorry. we were talking about michael steele and howard dean. they're going to join me for a strategy talk. the sunday talkshow is lighting up, and another story getting a lot of traction, the florida board of education has approved a new plan calling ...